Giant Enemy Crab

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Giant Enemy Crab is an internet meme created in video game forums in 2006. It achieved notable popularity in the gaming press and was also referenced by video game developers.

1 History
2 References in other games
3 References
4 See also

[edit] History

The meme originated during the demonstration of Genji: Days of the Blade at the Sony E3 2006 press conference. The producer Bill Ritch claimed that Genji 2's epic battles were based on "famous battles which actually took place in ancient Japan". Almost immediately after this was spoken, the gameplay demonstrated contained a boss battle against, in his own words, a "giant enemy crab." Popular memes originating from the Genji demonstration included the game features described such as "You attack its weak point for massive damage" and "Real-time... weapon change", despite neither of these being at all new to video gaming. In IGN's E3 2006 wrap-up, they listed a number of Genji 2 quotes. ^[1]

Another phrase that turned into an internet meme from this conference was Kaz Hirai's infamous shouting of "It's Ridge Racer! Riiiiidge Racer!", when referring to the downloadable PlayStation games from the PlayStation Network.

[edit] References in other games

There have been many references to this meme in other games and pop culture:

The Playstation 3 game Motorstorm has a set of races under the name "Giant Enemy Crab"
The Xbox 360 game Viva Piñata makes fun of the quotes "real-time weapon change" and "massive damage" ^[2].
The Nintendo DS game Contact also makes a reference ^[3].
Final Fantasy V Advance (for the Game Boy Advance), and the strategy guide made for it, also make a reference. The description for the Gladiator skill, Finisher, read the following: "Powerful strike that whenever hits an enemy, attacks its weak point for massive damage."^{[citation needed]}.
The demo version of MotorStorm features a "massive damage" reference ^[4]. , while the final version of the game featured an event called Giant Enemy Crab. The monstrous crabs in the trailer are giant Heike crabs.^{[citation needed]}
God Hand makes a reference in a level in stage 2 titled "Giant Enemy Crane", and contains a racing dog named "Massive Damage".
The PlayStation Network game Super Stardust HD finishes its credits with the message "May all your Giant Enemy Crabs belong to your weak spot for massive damage."^{[citation needed]}
A Giant Enemy Crab is an enemy in the game Brave Story: New Traveler.
The description of one skill in Granado Espada reads as "Impales an enemy weak spot for massive damage".
Virtua Fighter 5's character Brad Burns, under the screen name of Renato F. in quest mode, states as his personal quote "Weak Point Massive Damage".^{[citation needed]}
In Heavenly Sword, Kai interrogates an enemy commander for a password that she needs. When the commander declines, she points her repeating crossbow at his groin and says "Perhaps I'll hit your weak point...for massive damage!" at which point the commander quickly relents.
In the game Monster Hunter Freedom 2 there is a quest named 'Giant enemy crab', where you must battle a crab-like enemy.
In the Springfield Zoo level of The Simpsons Game, a sign states that the Giant Ancient Crab exhibit is "closed due to massive damage".
In RuneScape, if you talk to your giant crab pet while wearing a Crab claw or Crab helmet it will say that you can't hit it for massive damage.